Stuff 'n' stuff

I got an e-mail today from the district office supervisor at the DCYF in Manchester. I was so looking forward to getting to interview for an one of the three open positions I had heard they had there. In her e-mail, though, she said that they had one open position. "Okay," I think to myself, "that's fine. I'm a IV-E intern, they have to place me somewhere..." So I continue reading. "We need to have this position filled ASAP, so I cannot offer you an interview as you have not completed your degree. We are hoping to hire someone by the end of the week." Crap. So I sent back a very polite "screw you" e-mail, using the southern tradition of killing them with kindness.
Anyway, thats where I'm at with that right now. Wedding plans are coming along well, so that's good. John and I are going to get our marriage license tomorrow, which is good. That will make it feel somewhat official. For some reason I keep feeling like I'm overlooking something major, but there's not much else I can do at this point, other than go to the appointments with the reception hall, florist and then on the 23rd, the hairdresser. I still need to pick up my dress from the seamstress - it will be ready on the 15th.
If anyone out there in LiveJournal land has gotten married and can think of anything I might be missing, please e-mail me and let me know what you think. It would be much appreciated!
Tomorrow my seminar is at the Browne Center. I am so glad that I am almost done with this, and that I really only have about 4 weeks left of my seminar! As much as I usually enjoy ropes courses, I don't really want to do that tomorrow. Because now I'm going to do that, get all hot, sweaty and gross, then not be able to shower because I have to go get the marriage license and then go to work!
Anyway, it's really hot over in the corner with my computer, so I think I'm going to wrap this post up, and head into the bedroom, call my mom and try to cool down. John's playing Jedi Knight tonight, so I don't have much to do other than either sit outside or sit in the bedroom...

New Car Blues are Over!

I'm buying a car! I'm buying a car! I got the official yes from the dealership about 5 minutes ago! Whoopie!!!!! :-D

New Car

So I spent all weekend looking at new cars. I made an offer on a couple of them too, but was turned down on a couple of them, which was kind of disappointing on one of them. But I think today I'm going to be signing on a 2003 Hyundai Elantra GT 4 door Hatchback. It's cute! The name of the color is Chianti Red, which is like a dark red, it has dark gray leather interior, and lots of cargo space. John and I are going to take it out again this afternoon and then sign all of the paperwork. John keeps asking me if I like this car, and he's right to, because this is the first major purchase we've done together, but I still do really like it. Everyone please just keep your fingers crossed that it all works out!

Two entries in a row!

Here I am, back again, because I have pretty much nothing better to do. I won't have any answers about my car until at least Friday, but John and I may go out to look at some new cars tonight. My dad seems pretty confidant that the insurance companies are going to total my car, so we'll just have to wait and see. It's so frustrating not having my car. You really don't realize just how much you rely on vehicle transportation until you don't have any all of a sudden. So if anyone knows of a relatively new (1997 and newer) car with decently low miles, let me know! It would just be nice if I knew if they were going to total the car or not so that I could get the money to use as a down payment.
So today I couldn't go to my internship, no way to get there, but it's okay, because Kendra was out sick today. At least my grandfather can bring me to my training which is on the other side of Concord, so not all is lost. I talked to Lee at DCYF and let her know what's going on. She was glad I called, because no one knew where I was.
This has definitely been a learning experience though. I've realized I'm a lot more mature than I used to be, and though I am very upset about the car, I'm more grateful that no one was injured or anything. But it is just very frustrating.

First a bit of fun, then some seriousness

First job: Mailbox Video in Hancock
First funeral: My Nana
First pet: Taffy, my golden retriever
First piercing/tattoo: Ears, no tattoos that I'm aware of
First credit card: Visa, most likely, and boy I wish that never happened
First real kiss: Jonathan Gallant, I was 13.
First enemy: I don't think I have any enemies, just people I choose not to spend time with
First favorite band/song: Mike Previti (though he's a solo artist)/Something You
Last car ride: This morning... I wish I hadn't stopped for gas, because I may have avoided the car accident I got into otherwise
last cd bought: Umm... hmm... it's been a while
last library book checked out: Do books for school count? If so then it was probably something on Play Therapy
Last movie watched: Dark City
Last beverage drank: Milk
Last food consumed: Oreos
Last time showered: This morning
Last CD played: my workout CD
Last website visited: Livejournal, duh
NOW:
Single or Taken: taken
Crush: my fiancé :)
Birthday: August 19, 1981 (y'all better remember that!)
Sign: Leo
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Brown
Shoe Size: Depends on the shoe, but anywhere between an 8 and a 9
Height: 5'6"

RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE YOU:
Wearing: Gray pj bottoms, a green sweatshirt that's miles to big
Thinking about: how much my ankle hurts and how I can't wait to hear back from the insurance appraisers
Listening to: John's Jedi Academny free-for-all he's playing against Chris and Andrew

F A V O R I T E S:
Favorite song: I don't have a clue
Favorite movie: Strictly Ballroom, The 10th Kingdom, LOTR movies, Star Wars movies (I guess)
Favorite show(s): Law & Order: SVU, CSI (the Vegas one)
Favorite word(s): depends on where I am and who I'm talking to
Favorite holiday: Christmas - I'm the Christmas fairy, didn't you know? :)

RANDOM:
What are you going to do after this: Make dinner, probably

Okay, I figured since I decided to share a bit of fun, I figured I would actually update my live journal now. I don't have too much new to share. Kim and Kerry came to see John and I on Sunday, which was wicked fun. It was so great to hang out with them again! It's funny how you never really realize how much you miss the people you used to see all the time until you don't see them for a long time, and then get to spend a bunch of time with them. We went out to this Chinese/Japanese/American/Mexican buffet place for dinner, and it was alright. Some of the food was pretty good, some of it was not so hot, but I guess you're going to get that at any buffet place you go. At least now we've tried it and know that we'll probably not go back there again.
This morning I was on my way to school and I was at the Lee traffic circle when I got into a car accident with a Jeep Cherokee. It was so scary, but according to the police report, it's not my fault, so now it's up to the insurance appraisers and all of them. I've called all of the insurance companies (all 2) and told them what was going on. The soonest they can get anyone out to look at my car (which is sitting at a place in Lee that doesn't even work on cars) is Friday, and I'm wicked pissed about it. But no one was injured, which is the most important thing. I'm hoping they'll declare my car totaled, but I doubt I'm that lucky. So I'm really hoping that both insurance companies find the other driver at fault. She was pulling out of a parking lot across traffic and that's how I hit her. I was so mad. Fortunately, John was able to come and pick me up and he took the rest of the day off from work. I have such a wonderful fiancé, don't I? :) Now I'm just a little sore, and I think I still have marks from my seatbelt on my neck, but again, like I said, the most important thing is that everyone is okay. I'm just grateful that I have someone like John to help me with all of this. I really am a lucky girl.

Life or something like it

Things around here have been so busy, but generally in a good way. John and I are all settled into our new apartment. We have a couch (albeit very ugly - but yay for supervisors at internships who just happen to have couch slip covers in the back seats of their cars!), and a pretty decent apartment for the two of us. I've enjoyed being here in Concord, it's nice having everything sooo close by - we can walk to Shaw's! Granted, we do our grocery shopping at the other end of the street, but it's nice KNOWING we can walk to Shaws if we need anything. We haven't had any major fights since moving in, which has been a big relief, since Theresa told me that all she and Chris did when they moved in together was fight. I was really nervous about it! But John and I have been getting along fine, and it's been really nice knowing that no matter how long or crazy our day has been, we'll still get to see each other at the end of it.
The month of May was just an over all crazy month. We didn't have any free weekends anywhere, so we were pretty much dead by the time Memorial Day weekend rolled around. And even that was busy on Saturday!
I had my college graduation (FINALLY) on the 21st, which went alright. It didn't rain, so I guess that was a huge good thing. It was cold, though, but I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too. I have no idea why though! :-) So as of right now I have 8 weeks of school left until I can be granted my bachelors degree. Now I am just frantically trying to find a job either in the Rochester DCYF, the Concord DCYF or the Laconia DCYF. Heck, I may even say Manchester too, but I've heard crazy things about that office.
We haven't really done any major wedding planning lately, but we are getting back the response cards pretty regularly now. I'm starting to think about how I'm going to wear my hair, what the flowers are going to look like, and other stuff like that. We need to book the honeymoon too. Oops :-)! So we're going to work on that at some point this weekend. I need to call the florist and the hairdressers and set up appointments and all of that good stuff. I'm going to get my dress altered on the 21st, so that will be good too.
This weekend we're heading to my parents to have lunch, so I suppose I need to wrap this up and head out. I'm going to try to be better about updating now that I have more free time - like... lots more :-D